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...interest in athletics seems to be good, though the men have not yet, as a general thing, gotten down to regular work in the gymnasium. The one great thing needed here to stimulate the enthusiasm in athletics, is a new campus. The one we have is very small and uneven, and the proximity of a lake is a source of constant hinderance and great annoyance during a ball game, as a wild throw to first base generally results in the ball being lost in the water...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WILLIAMS. | 1/19/1882 | See Source »

...hourly sheet will be gotten up in the highest style of art. Short words will never be used when long ones will suffice. The proof-reading will be as good as circumstances will permit. Extras will be issued whenever it becomes necessary to record the breaking of a window in the Yard, or the blowing off of a Sophomore's hat by the wind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEXT! | 1/9/1880 | See Source »

...very presentable specimen. He has nice curly whiskers and beautifully cropped hair, a brand-new crimson ribbon on his hat, English-cut clothes, a striped ulster, and an eye-glass; and when he speaks, he murmurs in a soft, melodious voice. In short, he seems a superior being, gotten up regardless of expense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TYPES. | 1/9/1880 | See Source »

...risk of being charged with repetition, I should like to express my disapprobation of the time of the Spring Recess. I think the Faculty would willingly change the time, if a petition could be gotten up showing the desire for a later vacation, especially as Fast Day comes so early this year, and by having the vacation a week later we could participate in the Easter festivities at home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 3/7/1879 | See Source »

...should like to take your paper; but I think the other is gotten up in better style. With its clean white cover, and table of contents and other ornaments, it looks less like a country college paper and more like a magazine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN EVENING'S EXPERIENCE. | 12/19/1878 | See Source »

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